Chapter 4 — PLUMBING FIXTURES AND FIXTURE FITTINGS
422.7 Urinal Partitions — 2025 California Plumbing Code
California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · California
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Italicized text is a California amendment to the model code, as printed in the official publication.
Cite as: 2025 California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5) § 422.7 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
Each urinal shall be separated with walls or partitions to provide privacy. The horizontal dimension between walls or partitions at each urinal shall comply with Section 402.5. Partitions for urinals shall comply with the Type C security requirements of IAPMO Z124.10. Walls or partitions shall extend from not less than 12 inches (305 mm) above the finished floor to not less than 60 inches (1524 mm) above the finished floor. Walls shall extend outward from the wall surface not less than 18 inches (457 mm). Urinals located in all gender toilet rooms shall be visually separated from the remainder of the room or each urinal shall be installed in a privacy compartment complying with Type A security requirements of IAPMO Z124.10.
Exceptions:
(1) Urinal partitions shall not be required in a single occupant or family/assisted-use toilet room with a lockable door.
(2) [BSC & DSA-SS]. Type A Security Requirements of IAPMO Z124.10 in all gender toilet rooms shall not be allowed. Urinals in all gender toilet rooms not located in a separate private area shall be privacy compartments, as defined. Each compartment door shall be lockable
from the inside of the compartment, with a door locking device that is readily distinguishable as locked from the outside of the compartment. Privacy compartments and doors which are not full height or floor to ceiling may be permitted by the enforcing agency.
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